Desert star (Monoptilon bellioides) flowers in bloom. Desert star is an annual plant that grows in very arid regions of the southwestern United States. Desert star and other desert annuals may delay...

These Landsat images show Kenya’s Masai Mara Reserve on December 4, 1994, a year with normal rainfall, and November 27, 2009, a year when the rains failed and a severe drought overtook the land. The...

A press release for an article addressing the benefits of dry river beds. This article also explores how human manipulation of seasonal water sources for land use disrupts the natural cycle necessary...